Velma Durell Spurgin Wilmes

Maryville, MO - Velma Durell Spurgin Wilmes, 69, passed from this life on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at the Nodaway Nursing Home in Maryville, MO.

She was born December 3, 1938 in Red Boiling Springs, TN she was the daughter of Charlie D. & Allie Jane (Davis) Coonce.

She was of the Protestant Faith and had previously worked as a custodian at Northwest Missouri State University.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert J. Wilmes in 1987 and former husband, Frank L. Spurgin in 2004.

She is survived by her loving children, Matt Spurgin and wife Tina, Pickering, Cathy Day and husband Bill, Skidmore, Lynette Patterson and husband Brad, Graham, and Brenda Blakeslee and husband Lee, St. Joseph, brothers Charles Coonce and wife Margaret, Groveland, IL, Billy Coons, Columbia, TN, and sisters Mildred Cason, Nashville, TN, Alma Holloway, Lancaster, CA, and Liz Jenkins, Gainesboro, TN, grandchildren, Dustin & Julie Day, T.J. & Miranda Spurgin, Tacia Benight & husband, Josh, Jamie Madden & husband to Nick, Cheyenne Blakeslee, Trent Lett, great grandchildren, Allie Day, Austin, Alora, Rylee, Annie Benight, Alexis Turner. She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, and a sister, Melba Mallinson.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, October 17, 2008 the Danfelt Funeral Home, 951 S. Main Street, Maryville, MO 64468 with the Rev. Paul McKim, officiating. Final Resting Place will be in the St. Mary's Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 P.M., friends may call anytime after 9 AM on Thursday.

Memorial Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Online condolences and tributes may be left by visiting www.danfeltfuneralhome.com.